Fly-paper holder.



c. F. STONER & F. B. TROUT.

FLY PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1909.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN F. STONER AND FRANK B. TROUT, 0F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN F. STONER and FRANK B. TROUT, citizens of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to a holder for sticky fly-paper, which may be hung upon the wall, thus hiding the dead flies thereon from view, and obviating all danger of other objects being accidentally blown thereon, as is often the case, or the holder may be as readily set upon a table and the fly-paper will still be protected from coming into contact with other articles.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the paper may be readily retained in the holder without danger of its being blown away, and also retained in a horizontal manner, which will prevent the sticky composition from running ofi the paper as it becomes thinned by the heat, as is often the case.

Our present invention is an improvement over our application filed April 29, 1909, Serial No. 492,831, as the present invention is of a more simple nature, cheaper to construct, and may be used equally as well on, a table as hung up.

With these and other objects in view our invention consists in certain construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter be fully described in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application; but it is fully understood that while we have here described our invention as shown, we do not confine ourselves to the exact design as shown, as slight changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of the device, showing one form of paper catch or retainer.

Referring to the drawing of our device, which we have illustrated as being constructed of resilient wire, but which may be made of any suitable material, the same consists of a rectangular frame composed of the front 1, the back 2, and the sides 3, and 4; the sides 3, and 4, being further joined together by the longitudinal bars 5, and 6. WVhile from the intersection of the back 2, and the sides 3, and 4, extend upward the corner posts 7, and 8, to the upper ends of which are secured the ends of the suspending bar 9, which is formed with the hanger loop 10. Said suspending bar 9, being further secured and braced by the brace rods 11, and 12, which are secured thereto and to the front 1, at its joining with the sides 3, and 4.

For retaining the paper in place, we provide, in the back 2, the loops 13, 14, and 15, which extend inward toward the front; the loop 14, being on a slightly higher plane than the loops 13, and 15, so that the paper may rest upon the loops 13, and 14, and be held under the loop 15; while in the front 1, we have formed a retaining hook 16, which is first bent outward and upward to form the loops l7, and 18, and then backward to form the retaining hook 16; the paper being placed within said loops 17, and 18, and held down by the hook 16, as shown in the drawing.

As another method of retaining the paper, we provide the transverse bar 19, which is hinged to the back 2, and is formed at its forward end with the hook 20, which engages the paper and the front 1; the body of said bar 19, resting upon the surface of the paper.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is As an article of manufacture, holder, comp-rising a paper supporting frame composed of front, back and side rods, intermediate longitudinal supporting rods secured to said side rods, a suspending frame formed with sustaining means and integral with said supporting frame and at right angles, inwardly projecting paper retaining loops formed in the back rod of said supporting frame, and a paper retaining hook comprising an outwardly and upwardly project-ing pair of loops and an inwardly projecting hook formed in the front rod of said supporting frame.

In testimonywhereo-f we affix our signa tures in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN F. STONER. FRANK B. TROUT. Witnesses:

MABEL L. LEFEVRE, E; H. KREIDER.

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